Disna uezd explained

Disna uezd
Native Name:Дисненскій уѣздъ
Native Name Lang:ru
Settlement Type:Uezd
Mapsize:225px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Russian Empire
Subdivision Type1:Krai
Subdivision Name1:Northwestern
Subdivision Type2:Governorate
Subdivision Name2:Vilna
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1795
Extinct Title:Abolished
Extinct Date:1920
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Disna
Area Total Km2:5,779.3
Population As Of:1897
Population Total:204,923
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:4.14%
Population Rural:95.86%
Total Type:Total

The Disna uezd was a county (uezd) of the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire. The uezd was bordered by the Dvinsk uezd of the Vitebsk Governorate to the north, the Minsk uezd of the Minsk Governorate to the east, the Vileyka uezd to the south, the Sventsyany uezd to the southwest, and the Novoaleksandrovsk uezd of the Kovno Governorate. The uezd was eponymously named for its administrative center, Disna, which was belonged to present-day Dizsna in Belarus. The territory of Disna uezd corresponds to a part of the present-day Miory, Hlybokaye, Sharkawshchyna, and Pastavy districts of Vitebsk Region.

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Disnensky Uyezd had a population of 204,923. Of these, 81.1% spoke Belarusian, 10.1% Yiddish, 5.9% Russian, 2.4% Polish, 0.3% Lithuanian, 0.1% German and 0.1% Latvian as their native language.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=97